Arcaya / Arkaia
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Pila bautismal de la iglesia de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora de Arcaya [...] Presenta tres franjas en el cuerpo de la copa. La central es más ancha que las otras dos y con una ornamentación de gusto mudejar y las otras dos decoradas con círculos concéntricos, alternando con elementos geométricos"
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Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD. 00374] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/46002] [accessed 10 August 2024]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 March 2014 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 March 2014)
view of basin - interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 March 2014 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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design element - motifs - circle - linked circles
![[cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140406029_compressed.png)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 March 2014 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 March 2014)
symbol - star - 8-point - in a circle - beaded-tape
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 March 2014 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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design element - motifs - circle - concentric - beaded tape
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 March 2014 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 March 2014)
design element - motifs - geometric
Scene Description: combination of concentric circles and stylised foliage [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 March 2014 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 March 2014)
design element - motifs - geometric
Scene Description: combination of concentric circles and stylised foliage [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 March 2014 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 March 2014)
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 March 2014 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 December 2012 by Zarateman [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arcaya_-_Iglesia_de_la_Natividad_de_Nuestra_Señora_03.JPG] [accessed 6 April 2014]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 March 2014 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 March 2014)
view of church interior - nave - looking east
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 December 2012 by Zarateman [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arcaya_-_Iglesia_de_la_Natividad_de_Nuestra_Señora_05.JPG] [accessed 6 April 2014]
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Scene Description: by the stairs leading up to the west gallery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 March 2014 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 17 March 2014)
view of church interior - nave - looking east
![the font is visible on the left [south] side, by the steps leading up to the gallery](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140406025_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the font is visible on the left [south] side, by the steps leading up to the gallery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 December 2012 by Zarateman [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arcaya_-_Iglesia_de_la_Natividad_de_Nuestra_Señora_14.JPG] [accessed 6 April 2014]
Copyright Instructions: Reproduced under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07422ARC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Gothic / Mudéjar
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, S side, at the foot of the gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): The Nativity of St. Mary
Church Notes: church first documented in 1226
Church Address: Arcaya / Arkaia 1193, Alava, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed and illustrated in López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/46002] [accessed 10 August 2024]: "Pila bautismal de la iglesia de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora de Arcaya [...] Presenta tres franjas en el cuerpo de la copa. La central es más ancha que las otras dos y con una ornamentación de gusto mudejar y las otras dos decoradas con círculos concéntricos, alternando con elementos geométricos". Described in Bilbao (1994) as a baptismal font of the 15th century, Gothic period, in the Mudéjar style; the round slightly tapering basin is ornamented with a broad band of linked circles of two sizes, the large one with stars in them, all with beaded-tape pattern; above and below this broad band are two narrower bands of concentric circles alternating with geometric motifs resembling stylised foliage; all the carving very neat and regular; raised on a plain short cylindrical stem and a rounded lower base. There are no traces of cover hardware in the upper rim. This font is much like the font at Luco, also in Alava. Bilbao (ibid.) cites entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, in López de Guereñu and in Portilla. Noted in Plazaola Artola (2008?) [NB: we have no information on the font of the ca. 1226 church here].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 529849 4743328
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, vol. IV: 234
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 26, 33, 96, 109-110
- López de Guereñu, Gerardo, Alava, 1962, p. 106 / [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/46002] [accessed 10 August 2024]
- Portilla Vitoria, Micaela J., "Arte románico: raíces y evolución", 1983